Kaleem Dean

To many, Christmas means an ecclesiastical and mistletoe, eggnog, feasts, decorating trees and last minute shopping. Indeed, these festivities are not objectionable but mostly these things have nothing to do with the scenarios surrounding the birth of Christ. In a real sense, Jesus Christ came to the world as a ‘Saviour’. It limns the true […]

The customs and traditions of Christmas vary from country to country and nation to nation for all have a different culture and social structure. Available resources, understanding of themes and approaches count towards the manifestation of cultural presentations. But Christmas, being a universal festival of the biggest religion of the planet, carries one single approach […]

Myanmar previously known as ‘Burma’ gained independence in 1948 from British Raj. It is a predominantly a Buddhist country. In the year 1989, the military government officially changed the country’s name from ‘Burma’ to ‘Myanmar’ but still many political parties in the country use its original name ‘Burma’ claiming the military government did have the […]

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly known as ‘Ahok,’ is the first ever Christian governor of Jakarta, Indonesia. Because of his strong stance against corruption, he is very popular among the masses. Ahok became the governor of Jakarta in 2014 and is contesting for the same position in February 2017 elections. Jakarta is the most prominent province […]

The adoption of the first ever criminal law ‘Protection of Minorities Bill 2015’ by the Sindh Provincial Assembly is another step taken towards the founder father’s envisioned Pakistan. Sindh Assembly’s Member, Nand Kumar Goklani, proposed the said bill against forced conversions of minors living in the province. The Hindu community makes up about 1.6 percent […]

On the invitation of the Rt. Rev. Samuel Azariah, Bishop of Raiwind Diocese and the Moderator of the Church of Pakistan, the Bishop of Canterbury visited Pakistan to meet with his local counterparts and Christians of Peshawar and Youhannabad who endured terror attacks in the past two years. According to the Lambeth Palace, the Most […]

Arthur Nayyar commonly known as A Nayyar, a singing icon of 1970s, passed away at the age of 66 in Lahore on November 11, 2016 after a long cardiac disease. Like S B John, Saleem Raza and Ireen Parveen, A Nayyar belonged to the Christian community who contributed his singing talent to the country. He […]

In an unprecedented verdict, the Sindh High Court announced the closure of all illegal wine shops in the province while hearing a petition against illegal selling and drinking of liquor in the streets of Karachi and the province at large. There are 20,000 people from religious minorities in the province for whom 24 wines shops […]

In June 2009, Aasia bibi was out picking fruit in the fields. At midday, she went to the nearest well, picked up a cup, took a drink of cool water and then offered it to another woman. Suddenly, one of her fellow workers cried out that the water belonged to Muslim women and that Aasia […]

Hindus in Pakistan are believed to be 1.6 percent of the total population, mostly concentrated in the Sindh province. At the time of the partition, massive exodus of Hindus from Punjab and the North-West Frontier Province was recorded, but the Hindus in Sindh opted to continue living in Pakistan. Because of their vulnerability as a […]